With Odom suspended, Fanene, Johnson have chance to impress coaches

8:34 PM,
Oct. 18, 2010

Written by

Joe Reedy
jreedy@enquirer.com

If there was ever a time for a player to be suspended, Antwan Odom's comes at an opportune time. The Bengals' bigger dilemma though is how to fix an ailing pass rush.

As the 2-3 team begin preparations for Sunday's game at Atlanta (4-2), one of the questions is who will start at defensive end in place of Odom. The two most likely at the moment are Michael Johnson or Jonathan Fanene.

"It comes at a good time," coach Marvin Lewis said of Odom's four-game suspension for performance enhancing substances. "He's injured so it doesn't really matter." ...